Clothes-rack.



W. L. SMALLEY.

CLOTHES BACK.

APPLIoA'rIoN Hum JULY v, 190e.

927,082, Pand July 6, 1909.

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ll i) WILLIAM L. SlLlALLEY, Ol" llt) l"llll)i\flrlfl, ILLINOIS.

CLOTHES-RACK.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

latented. July 6, 1909.

Application tiled July 7, 1968. Serial No. {le2,312.

To all whom 'it may concern:`

Be it known that I, WILLIAM L. SMALLEY, a citizen ot' the United States, residing at .llopedalej in the county of Tazewell and State of illinois, have invented new and useful lniprovements in Clothes-Racks, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to clothes raclrs, and the object of the invention is to provide a 'Foldable clothes rack adapted to be suspended from the ceiling ot a room, the raclr being so constructed as to be readily lowered for the reception of the clothes and to be elevated and retained in said elevated position when the clothes are in position thereon and whereby the clothes upon the rack will be normally held out of danger of Contact by persons within the roon'l..

lilith these and other objects in View the l invt-ntion resides in the novel construction and arrangement oit parts hereinafter fully described and claimed.

ln the accompanying drawings Figure lis a perspective view of a clothesI rack con` slrueted in accordance with the present invention7 the clothes supporting arms being illustrated in their open position, and the device elevated upon the supporting rod. Fig. Q is a vertical longitudinal sectional view through the sleeve and sliding collar7 and illustrating the clothes supporting arms folded. lligl is a detail vertical sectional view, taken upon an enlarged scale to illustrate the sliding collar.

In the accompanying drawings the nu moral l designates the supporting rod. This rod l has its lower end provided with a suit` able enlargement 2 and its upper end provided with suitable threads adapted for engageinent with the threaded nipple of a member 3 which is permanently retained upon the ceiling of a rooni.

Slidably :mounted upon the rod l is an elongated sleeve l. This sleeve fl is provided with integrally formed upper and lower annular flanges 5 and 6. The sleeve tis adapted to be retained upon the rod l in the elevated position illustrated in Fig. l of the drawings through the medium of a pin 7 engaging a suitable transverse perforation provided within the rod and adapted to project upon either side thereof so as to olfer an engaging abutment for the lower portion of the sleeve l. lVhen it is desired to lower the sleeve, the pin 7 is withdrawn from the opening and the sleeve allowed to slide downwardly upon the rod, until it contacts with the enlargement 2 thereof.

votally connected with the upper annular flange 5 is a plurality of radiating (.:lothes receiving arms S. These arms 8 are each provided with depending ears 9 arranged a suitable distance away frein the flange 5 and adapted ior the reception of the supporting members l0. These supporting members l have their lower extremities pivotally connected with the upper annular llanged member ll, of a sliding collar 1Q mounted upon the sleeve il: between the flanges and (l. The collar l2 is also provided with a .lower annular flanged member l2, and thisl flange is adapted for the recep tion ot: the radiating arms lll. comprising the lower member of the raclr. llhese arms lflare provided with angular bent ends which are connected with the flange 'i3 so as to position the arms away from the arms and supports comprising' the upper' member of the raclr when the device is folded. lt will be noted by reference to the several figures of the drawing that the annular flanged nieinlmrs 5 and (l as well as the annular flange members Yll and 13 provided upon the sliding collar l2 are each provided with annular grooves and recesses extending into the grooves which are adapted for pivotal engagement `with the rods of the bach. The arms 'lll are also adapted to be ar ranged intermediate o 'li the arnis S, and are each provided with downwardly extending `ears l5 adapted for pivotal connection with suitable supports lo. The supports 16 have their lower extremities pivotally connected with the lower flange 6.

Secured to the slid able collar l2 is a downwardly extending operating member or arm 17 having its lower portion provided with a suitable oflset 1S adapted to. engage the upper face of the lower flange G to retain the collar in a fixed position upon the sleeve el, and thus support the arms of the rack in spread position. The rod l? is adapted to project downwardly between two of the supporting members 1G so as to be readily accessible for operating the device. noted that when the ofl'set 18 of the rods .l is swung away from engagement with the flange tl the collar l2 may be slid downwardly upon the sleeve 4lcausing the arms S, through the medium of the supports l0 to be swung downwardly against the sleeve 4l: and the arms 141: to be swung upwardly in lt will be terinediate of the arins S and toivard the sleeve l as cleagl7 illustrated in lfig. 2 of the drawings.

Lt ie to be iniderstood that when clothes are to he positioned upon the arnis of the ack the pin i' is renioved troni the opening provided by the rod l and the rack lovvered. When the clothes are placed in posit-ion upon the ernia S and le the device is elevated and the pin reineerted as to retein the saine in position. lt will also be noted that when desired the rod and the racl; may be readil7 removed fran. the nieniber 8 by Siinplv unsere-wing the rod and the device niay be thus eaeilv removed and positioned in a convenient place ont of the Way of persons t 'aver-sing the rooin.

Tvhile have described the preferred eniliodinient of in)rr invention as it no\ appears l nie, it is to he understood that. ininor detiils of construction within the scope of the tilloiving claims inay be resorted to without departing frein or sacriticing any of the advantages of the invention.

Having thus fully described the invention what is clainicd as new is:

l. li a clothee4 rack7 a Supporting ro l, a 1

:neevx upon the rod, nie-ane for retaining the i in different pof-sitions npon the rod, upper and lower annular flanges upon the sleeve7 a slidable collar npon the sleeve having an npper and lower annular flange7 radiating arnis pivotally connected with the top flange of the Sleeve, supports pivoted to the arlns and to the upper annular flange the collar, radiating arms pivotally conczed to the lovver annular flange of the follar and arranged intermediate of the upin raised position npon the rod, Said sleeve being prov'ided ivith an npper and a lower annular flange7 a slidable collar upon the sleeve provided with annular flanges, radiating arnis pivotallj.T connected to the upper flange of the eleeve, Supports for the arnis iivotally connected to the upper anni lar flange of' the slidahle collar, arnie pivotallv connected to the levier annular flange of the collar and arranged intermediate of the u1l per arins, Supports pivotallj.7 connected with these arnie, said Supports having their lower ends pivotallg,T connected with the lower flange of the Sleeve, an operati rod connected with the collar7 and said rod having an ofl'setl portion adapted to engage the lo ver flange to sustain 'the arine in a substantially horizontal position when the arins are Spread.

ln testimonyv whereof afliX m5T Signature in presence of two witnesses.

.TflLLL-ll L. Slv/ALLEY.

l'vfitnesses C. lri. Sinrrn, C. ld. llAinnxroN. 

